| 招摇撞骗 |
zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn |
(idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority |
| 招 |
zhāo |
to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess |
| 招摇 |
zhāo yáo |
to rock back and forth / (fig.) to act ostentatiously / to brag / to show off |
| 摇 |
Yáo |
surname Yao |
| 摇 |
yáo |
to shake / to rock / to row / to crank |
| 撞 |
zhuàng |
to knock against / to bump into / to run into / to meet by accident |
| 撞骗 |
zhuàng piàn |
to swindle |
| 骗 |
piàn |
to cheat / to swindle / to deceive / to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over |